Dark Was the Night

NEW MUSIC: The greatest compilation ever made?

4AD's Dark Was the Night compilation hits the shelves 16 Feb and benefits AIDS/HIV funding. Produced by The National's Aaron and Bryce Dressner, it features pretty much every great artist/band of our time... including, most importantly, (sort of) new, Radiohead-ified Sufjan Stevens! A brief sampler...

A Dark Day For Podcasting

DEBUT: From Across the Pondcast - Volume 1

Moments throughout history can be generally summarized into three categories: significant, unmemorable, and detrimental. What you are about to hear can only be considered a part of the latter. I've decided to disgrace the art of DJ'ing with my own venture into the podcasting realm to share some of, what a great man once called, 'my moments, other people's art'.

Still working out the kinks as to how best to distribute it, but hopefully the player below works. Also, you can subscribe to the podcast using 'SUBSCRIBE TO' (on the right). If I've done things correctly, you should eventually be able to find it on iTunes as well. Let me know if it's inaccessible and I'll try to keep sorting it out.

Playlist:

1. Lost In Music - Sister Sledge - We Are Family

2. Guys Eyes - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

3. Devil's Trident - Telepathe - Dance Mother

4. Magic - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

5. Daylight (mashup with Daylight Outro Mix) - Matt & Kim - Grand

6. Lovesick - Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

7. Strange Overtones - Brian Eno & David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

8. Blood Bank - Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP

9. Not A Robot, But A Ghost - Andrew Bird - Noble Beast

10. Venice - Beirut - March Of The Zapotec & Realpeople - Holland

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